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7384643 Recombinant poxvirus  
Use for novel chemokine-binding protein designated A41L, and chemokine-binding fragments thereof, for the treatment of conditions such as inflammation. The A41L protein binds to chemokines in the...
7344722 Cold-adapted influenza virus  
The cold-adapted master strain A/Ann Arbor/6/60 7PI (H2N2) and progenitor wild type E2(3) viral strains have been deposited and their genomic sequences identified. Seven nucleotide differences were...
7332170 Classical swine fever virus virulence determinant and a novel classical swine fever vaccine  
Transposon linker insertion mutagenesis of a full-length infectious clone of the highly pathogenic classical swine fever virus (CSFV) isolate Brescia (pBIC) was used to identify genetic...
7316813 Influenza vaccine composition  
An inactivated influenza virus preparation is described which comprises a haemagglutinin antigen stabilized in the absence of thiomersal, or at low levels of thiomersal, wherein the haemagglutinin...
7303754 MVA expressing modified HIV envelope, gag, and pol genes  
The invention provides modified virus Ankara (MVA), a replication-deficient strain of vaccinia virus, expressing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) env, gag, and pol genes.
7262045 Methods of producing influenza vaccine compositions  
Methods and compositions for the optimization of production of influenza viruses suitable as influenza vaccines are provided.
7250171 Construction and use of recombinant parainfluenza viruses expressing a chimeric glycoprotein  
Chimeric parainfluenza viruses (PIVs) are provided that incorporate a PIV vector genome or antigenome modified to encode a chimeric glycoprotein incorporating one or more heterologous antigenic...
7244434 Replicons of pestviruses that do not express C and or E1 protein and infectious viral particles containing same, that can be used in vaccines  
The present invention provides new Pestiviral RNA genomes (replicons) that are able to replicate, and can be packaged into infectious viral particles in cells that complement the missing...
7229625 Retrovirus-like particles made non-infectious by a plurality of mutations  
Non-infectious, retrovirus-like particles contain mutations to reduce gag-dependent RNA-packaging of the gag gene product, eliminate reverse transcriptase activity of the pol gene product,...
7229624 Ordered molecular presentation of antigens, method of preparation and use  
The invention provides compositions and processes for the production of ordered and repetitive antigen or antigenic determinant arrays. The compositions of the invention are useful for the...
7201911 Cloned genomes of infectious hepatitis C viruses and uses thereof  
The present invention discloses nucleic acid sequences which encode infectious hepatitis C viruses and the use of these sequences, and polypeptides encoded by all or part of these sequences, in the...
7198934 Recombinant MVA virus, and the use thereof  
The present invention relates to recombinant vaccinia viruses derived from the modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) and containing and capable of expressing foreign genes which are inserted at the...
7182947 Papillomavirus truncated L1 protein and fusion protein constructs  
Vaccine formulations comprising viral capsomeres are disclosed along with methods for their production. Therapeutic and prophylactic methods of use for the vaccine formulations are also disclosed.
7179473 Attenuated pestiviruses  
This invention relates to attenuated pestiviruses characterised in that their enzymatic activity residing in glycoprotein E RNS is inactivated, methods of preparing, using and detecting these.
7132106 Infectious cDNA clone of North American porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus and uses thereof  
The invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules, including plasmids; viral vectors; and transfected host cells that comprise a DNA sequence encoding an infectious RNA sequence encoding a...
7108855 Purified hepatitis C virus envelope proteins for diagnostic and therapeutic use  
The present invention relates to a method for purifying recombinant HCV single or specific oligomeric envelope proteins selected from the group consisting of E1 and/or E2 and/or E1/E2,...
7094411 Avirulent, immunogenic flavivirus chimeras  
Chimeric flaviviruses that are avirulent and immunogenic are provided. The chimeric viruses are constructed to contain amino acid mutations in the nonstructural proteins of a flavivirus. Chimeric...
7074410 Modified HCV peptide vaccines  
Provided are an isolated peptide having the amino acid sequence DLMGYIPAV (SEQ ID NO: 1), an isolated HCV core polypeptide comprising an L→A substitution at amino acid position 139, an isolated...
7063851 Herpes viruses for immune modulation  
A method of stimulating an immune response in a human or animal subject, which method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an attenuated herpes virus which: ...
7063835 Virus strains  
The present invention relates to non-laboratory virus strains, for example of herpes viruses such as HSV, with improved oncolytic and/or gene delivery capabilities as compared to laboratory virus...
7033797 Synthetic virus-like particles with heterologous epitopes  
The invention is a series of synthetic virus-like particles comprising a heterologous conformational epitope useful in the characterization of human papillomavirus infection, and useful to...
7026113 EIA vaccine and diagnostic  
The invention provides an equine infectious anemia (EIA) vaccine that provides immunity to mammals, especially equines, from infection with equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) and which allows...
7025968 CMV vaccines  
The invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting CMV infection and dissemination in an animal, as well as in vitro and in vivo assay systems for identifying such compositions.
7014847 Methods for preventing reovirus recognition for the treatment of cellular proliferative disorders  
The present invention pertains to methods for preventing reovirus recognition in the treatment of cellular proliferative disorders, and particularly ras-mediated cellular proliferative disorders,...
6979448 Chimaeric plant viruses with mucin peptides  
Mucin peptide epitopes are inserted into the coat protein of a plant virus (e.g., a comovirus such as CPMV) having a beta-barrel structure at an immunogenically effective site, such as in a loop...
6974575 Generation of type I/type II hybrid form of bovine viral diarrhea virus for use as vaccine  
The present invention provides genetically engineered type I/type II hybrid BVDV viruses. The hybrid viruses, as well as the hybrid viral genome, can be used in immunogenic compositions and...
6964762 Composition and method for stimulating immune response to pathogen using complex adenoviral vector  
Genetic vaccines and methods are provided for enhancing the immunity of a host such as a human to one or more pathogens. In one aspect, a method of enhancing the immunity of a host to a pathogen is...
6923971 Respiratory syncytial virus vaccines expressing protective antigens from promoter-proximal genes  
Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) having the position of genes shifted within the genome or antigenome of the recombinant virus are constructed by insertion, deletion or rearrangement...
6908762 Method of preparing a eukaryotic viral vector  
The inventive method of producing a eukaryotic viral vector comprises contacting a eukaryotic cell, which comprises a unique enzyme that nicks or cleaves a DNA molecule, with a recombinant phage...
6908618 Production of novel bovine respiratory syncytial viruses from cDNAs  
A method of producing an attenuated bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) having increased or decreased transcription and/or replication, as compared to a wild-type BRSV, including the steps of...
6908617 Glycosylated modified primate lentivirus envelope polypeptides  
A modified polypeptide corresponding to an envelope glycoprotein of a primate lentivirus is described. The polypeptide has been modified from the wild-type structure so that it has at least two of...
6849429 Viral pseudo-capsids including assembly agonists and antagonists  
Recombinant hepatitis C virus (HCV) capsid proteins that self-assemble into large spherical virus-like particles structures and viral capsids that include conformational antigenic epitopes are...
6841373 Herpes virus complementing cell line  
The present invention is directed to a cell line capable of supporting replication of a growth-defective Herpes Simplex Virus strain; specifically a replication-defective HSV-2 double mutant....
6841157 Production of chimeric human papillomavirus  
This invention relates to infectious chimeric papillomaviruses, and especially those where the early genes are from human papillomavirus (HPV) 18, and the late genes are from another HPV. Also...
6723316 Herpes simplex virus-1 Glycoprotein C mutants for treating unwanted hyperproliferative cell growth  
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods of use thereof, comprising, a mutant human herpes simplex virus, which is cytopathic to susceptible target cells,...
6713067 Herpes viruses for immune modulation  
An attenuated herpes virus which lacks a functional vhs gene or a functional equivalent thereof, but which has a functional UL43 gene or functional equivalent thereof, stimulates an immune response...
6699476 Production of recombinant respiratory syncytial viruses expressing immune modulatory molecules  
Recombinant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are provided which express one or more immune modulatory molecules. The recombinant virus is modified by addition or substitution of a polynucleotide...
6680060 Hepatitus A virus vaccines  
A live hepatitis A virus adapted to growth in MRC-5 cells, which HAV is preferably characterized by suitable attenuation for effective vaccine administration to humans and animals without...
6673602 Herpes simplex virus amplicon vector targeting system and method of using same  
The present invention relates to herpes simplex virus (HSV) amplicon vectors, and in particular, HSV-1 amplicon vectors, which have been genetically modified and used alone or with consequent...
6660264 Treatment of intracellular infection  
An agent for combating an intracellular microbial infection comprises a phage component and, associated therewith, a targeting moiety which directs the agent to a target cell and initiates delivery...
6641817 Herpes virus vectors for dendritic cells  
An attenuated herpes virus capable of efficiently infecting a dendritic cell without preventing antigen processing occurring within the infected cell. The attenuated herpes virus and dentrictic...
6641816 Use of poxviruses as enhancer of specific immunity  
The invention relates to a method for enhancing the specific immune response against an immunogenic compound which comprises administering the immunogenic compound together with a poxvirus...
6635472 Retrovirus and viral vectors  
This invention relates to the fields of genetic engineering, virus replication and gene transfer. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotide construct, recombinant virus,...
6605284 Gene coding for the measles virus mutant antigen  
Disclosed is a measles virus mutant gene coding for a measles virus mutant H protein antigen, wherein said gene coding for a measles virus mutant H protein antigen is at least one member selected...
6592871 HCV peptide antigens and methods for the determination of HCV  
Novel HCV peptide antigens are described representing partial sequences of the C-100-3 and env/core with C-regions. These peptide antigens are suitable for the determination of HCV antibodies as...
6589533 Genetically-engineered alphaviruses, flaviviruses, and bunyaviruses with modified envelope transmembrane glycoproteins and altered host-range phenotype  
The present invention is directed toward genetically-engineered, membrane-enveloped Alphaviruses, Flaviviruses, and Bunyaviruses containing modified viral transmembrane envelope glycoproteins...
6569422 Genetically engineered cell culture adapted infectious bursal diseases virus (IBDV) mutants  
The present invention relates to a method for the adaptation of infectious bursal disease viruses (IBDV) to growth in CEF cell culture. Changing the codons for amino acid residues 253 (Gln) and 284...
6562351 Papilloma truncated L1 protein and fusion protein constructs  
Vaccine formulations comprising viral capsomeres are disclosed along with methods for their production. Therapeutic and prophylactic methods of use for the vaccine formulations are also disclosed.
6544526 Equine herpesvirus glycoproteins  
A vaccine for the selective immunization of horses against EHV4 and/or EHV1 is provided comprising at least one of (i) EHV4 virus wherein a portion of the gG gene of the EHV4 virus that elicits a...
6541009 Viral vaccines  
A mutant virus for use as a vaccine, wherein the genome of the virus is defective in respect of a gene essential for the production of infectious virus. In one aspect the mutant virus is capable of...
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